MLB Small Adjustments, Big Changes: How the Blue Jays’ Matt Chapman Has Transformed His Offensive Game After hitting .221 with a .746 OPS from 2020-22, Chapman is batting .364 with a 1.105 OPS and leads the majors in raw value+. 1 year ago andres chavez
MLB Sweeping Success: How a New Pitch Has Helped Pablo López Become an Ace in Minnesota It was a match made in heaven when the Twins shipped former AL batting champion Luis Arráez to the Marlins in exchange for a pitcher with some untapped potential. 1 year ago andres chavez
MLB Quicker, More Offensive, Improved: How the New Rules Are Impacting MLB A pitch timer, limit on infield defensive shifts and bigger bases have increased pace of play and offense during the 2023 MLB season so far. 1 year ago Craig Haley
MLB Searching for Loot: How Bryan Reynolds Is Carrying the Surprising Pirates Oneil Cruz might be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ most exciting player given his raw tools. Mitch Keller might be the future in the rotation and Andrew McCutchen is probably the most… 1 year ago andres chavez
MLB Surprising Starts to the 2023 MLB Season: Which Performances Will Stick and Which Won’t We're predicting five Major League Baseball surprises that will continue, five that won't be sustained and five slow starters who will turn things around. 1 year ago Craig Haley
MLB Stardom or Bust: Will Jarred Kelenic’s Torrid Spring Lead to a Breakout 2023 Season? Can the Mariners' young outfielder take a big leap forward? That is the burning question. And the results haven’t been encouraging early on. 1 year ago andres chavez
MLB The Most Saves in a Season and Career in MLB History Jerome Holtzman couldn’t have had any idea what he started when he invented the save. Although people were unofficially crediting relievers with saves prior to Holtzman publicizing it, he was… 1 year ago Donald Kolakowski
MLB 2023 MLB Predictions: Opta Analyst’s Roster-Adjusted Raw Value Rankings How will it shake out in MLB this season? Let’s reveal which teams have the best rosters, according to our roster-adjusted raw value team rankings. 2 years ago Craig Haley, andres chavez
MLB Should MLB Teams Be Bunting the Ghost Runner to Third in Extra Innings More Often? Since the Manfred man rule was added, the leadoff batter has swung away 88.6% of the time in extra innings. But does that mean it has been the right move? 2 years ago Taylor Bechtold
MLB Who Should Benefit the Most (and Least) From the Shift Ban? A ban on the defensive shift is among the many rule changes for 2023. Which players and teams should be happy? We dig into the data to find out. 2 years ago Taylor Bechtold